How To Buy A House Contingent On Selling Yours

Key takeaways: A home sale contingency protects you financially by helping you avoid two mortgages while using your home equity to fund your next purchase. It can weaken your offer in competitive markets, where sellers may prefer non-contingent buyers or include a kick-out clause. Preparation improv

The New King of the Upper East Side Faux-Ops

“That building is on fire,” says one uptown broker of 1122 Madison Avenue, where the duplex penthouse just went into contract for $89.5 million, an Upper East Side condo record, barely a month after sales launched in mid-January. “It’s the talk of the ... More »

Of Course Trump Wanted to Get In on the Roosevelt Hotel Deal

Barring a really surprising turn, the Roosevelt Hotel is headed for demolition. It shouldn’t be, because we’re short on nice hotels and it’s a 1,000-room building with a lot to recommend it. If it were in London, it wou... More »

How to Go to a Knicks Game

In an era of largely underwhelming professional sports in New York, the Knicks have emerged as one of the city’s most consistently winning teams — and with that, as one of the most expensive tickets in town. Editor Jeremy Rellosa spoke to season-ticket holders and superfans about buying cheap tic...